U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has asked automakers to do more to educate drivers on the hazards of talking or texting while driving. Certainly, LaHood and other safety officials are worried that devices, such as Ford's Sync interface, that make calling or texting easier from behind the wheel will instill a false sense of...

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you know if they really wanted to stop txting while driving all they have to do is get the cellphone makers to install a program that senses when the cellphone is moving faster than say 3 mph and shut off the txting service... pretty much all cellphones have a gps chipset that would be able to sense when moving... they could even turn the phone off until it comes to a stop to avoid all the problems of distracted driving caused by a cellphone.